"Earlier this month, the company announced it would stop production of its electric Cadillac and has dismissed the federal $7,500 EV rebate as " irrational." That stance marks a sharp reversal from just three years ago, when GM declared it "aspires to eliminate tailpipe emissions from all new light-duty vehicles by 2035 and plans to be carbon neutral by 2040 in global products and operations.""
"Instead of addressing the state's own subsidy program, Newsom pivoted to the Trump administration's attempt to cancel California's electric vehicle mandate under powers granted by the Clean Air Act. While he had plenty to say about Republican efforts, he also singled out a private citizen: General Motors CEO Mary Barra. "Mary Barra sold us out, eliminating Ronald Reagan's work, eliminating the progress we made under the California Air Resources Board in 1967, where we began regulating tailpipe emissions,""
Governor Gavin Newsom shifted from defending state EV subsidies to blaming the Trump administration's move to rescind California's EV mandate and naming GM CEO Mary Barra as culpable. Newsom accused Barra of abandoning decades of emissions progress and said American automakers enabled a rollback led by Republicans. GM recently announced it would stop production of its electric Cadillac, called the federal $7,500 EV rebate " irrational," and scaled back projects such as Cruise robotaxis. The company had previously committed to eliminating tailpipe emissions from new light-duty vehicles by 2035 and to become carbon neutral by 2040. The Barra–Trump relationship has moved from adversarial to more collaborative.
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